ChatGPT as Simulcrum

Liam McGlohon (’23) reflects on what the mainstream conversations around ChatGPT are missing. “Mastery grading’s inability to adapt to technological developments has put educators in a position where technology is developed against teaching, not with it. This is a disservice to both educators and students, for it prohibits experimentation by students and distorts the conversation among educators to reactionary dogma rather than any real ethical conflict. “